CHICAGO, June 15 (Reuters) - Adult patients with leukemia fare just as well when they get stem cell transplants taken from a cord blood bank as they do from a well-suited adult donor, U.S. researchers ...

Blood from umbilical cords can build new immune systems for adults with leukemia, offering a potentially lifesaving treatment for the many patients who cannot find suitable bone marrow ...

A University of Colorado Cancer Center study compared outcomes of leukemia patients receiving bone marrow transplants from 2009-2014, finding that three years post transplant, the incidence of severe ...

A first-in-human phase I/II clinical trial of these cord-blood-derived, chimeric antigen receptor-equipped natural killer cells opened at MD Anderson in June for patients with relapsed or resistant ...

The Abu Dhabi Biobank campaign shed light on how cord blood can support the treatment of more than 80 serious diseases.

Umbilical cord blood, often discarded as medical waste, could provide life-saving treatment to certain patient populations. And a Warrensville Heights-based cord blood center is leading an effort to ...

CD19-targeting CAR NK cell therapy shows promise in treating relapsed/refractory B-cell malignancies, with significant response and survival rates. The therapy demonstrated favorable response rates ...

Umbilical cord blood transplant (UCBT) is vital for patients without matched donors, especially racial and ethnic minorities, despite declining usage due to alternative transplant options. Latinx ...

MOUNT VERNON — Skagit Regional Health will donate umbilical cord blood collected at Skagit Valley Hospital’s Family Birth Center to Bloodworks Northwest. According to a news release, the blood can be ...

Lab operations manager Beth Mapother reaches into a dewar at the Cord Blood Registry offices in Tucson, Ariz. The growing number of parents who bank their children’s cord blood believe it is a form of ...